You Are Viewing an Archived Report from the New Jersey State Library STATE OF NEW JERSEY Forty-Eighth Annual Report OF THE Board of Public Utility Commissioners TO N.J. STATE LIBRARY P.O. BOX 520 TRENTON, NJ 08625-0520 HoN. RoBERT B. MEYNER Governor FOR THE YEAR 1957 TRENTON, NEW JERSEY You Are Viewing an Archived Report from the New Jersey State Library ST A TE OF NEW JERSEY BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSIONERS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES EDWARD J. HART, President D. LANE POWERS, Commissioner RALPH L. Fusco, Commissioner RICHARD F. GREEN, Secretary You Are Viewing an Archived Report from the New Jersey State Library BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSIONERS STAFF HERBERT J. FLAGG, Executive Officer JACK SCHWARTZ, Assistant Executive Officer DIVISION OF ACCOUNTS AND FINANCE JoHN A. MATSON, Director LEIGH P. HARTSHORN, Assistant Director DIVISION OF ENGINEERING D. M. LANE, Director ROBERT G. PESCHEL, Assistant Director DIVISION OF MOTOR CARRIERS ]A.MES E. FARRELL, Director RICHARD E. KANE, Assistant Director EDWARD D. McCuE, Assistant Director DIVISION OF RAILROADS WALTER T. McGRATH, Director CHARLES N. GERARD, Assistant Director DIVISION OF RATES AND RESEARCH WILLIAM H. WooD, Director SIDNEY H. KIKEN, Assistant Director SECRETARIAL SECTION NEWARK OFFICE: HELEN D. WOODRUFF, Secretarial Assist61-nt TRENTON OFFICE: MARIE M. DROPELA, Head Clerk 3 You Are Viewing an Archived Report from the New Jersey State Library You Are Viewing an Archived Report from the New Jersey State Library TABLE OF CONTENTS GENERAL MA TIERS Page Jurisdiction 11 Duties and Policies . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 12 Rate Activities 13 Procedure and Practice 13 Pre hearing Conferences 14 Formal Procedure 14 State Rate Counsel 14 Classification of Board's Decisions, Orders and Certificates ...................... 15 Service Activities 16 Annual and Other Reports ........................................................................... 17 Meter Testing ................................................................................................... 17 Orders for Removal and Relocation of Utility Facilities ........................... 17 Rearrangement of Utility Facilities ............................................................. 18 Sales and Leases of Utility Property ........................................................... 18 Franchises and Municipal Ordinances ........................................................... 18 Powers of Attorney ....................................................................................... 18 Revenues from Fees 19 Personnel 19 II ELECTRIC UTILITIES Rate Proceedings . 2 5 Trend of Electric Rates ................................................................................ 25 Interchange Power Agreement ........... .. ................................................. ......... 29 Eminent Domain ... ... ................................. .... ............. .............................. .. ........ 29 Electric Generating Facilities ........... .. .. ............ ... ......................... ... ....... ... .. ..... 30 Electric lvfeters ................................................................................... .,. .. 30 Sales of Property . .. .. .. .. .. .. 30 III GAS UTILITIES Rate Proceedings . .. .. .. 31 Distribution of Natural Gas in New Jersey .................................................... 31 Gas Meters . .. .. 31 Sales of Property . .. ..... ... ... ... .. .. ..... ... .... .. .. .. ... .. .. .. 31 5 You Are Viewing an Archived Report from the New Jersey State Library TABLE OF CONTENTS-Continued IV TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH UTILITIES Page Rate Proceedings ..... .. .. ... .. .. .. .. ... .. .. 3 3 Savings to Customers Due to Rate Reductions ............................................ 33 Change-over from Manual to Dial Telephones ................................... ......... 34 Sales of Property ......................... ...... ... ................ ........ ..... ...... ........ ...... ... ..... 34 V WATER UTILITIES Rate Proceedings ............................................................................................ 35 Other Water Rate Proceedings . .. .. .. ... ... .. .. .. .. ... .. .. 36 Water Meters ··············································································--···················· 36 Sales of Property . .. .. .. .. ... .. ... ... ... .. ... 36 VI RAILROADS Rate Proceedings ............................................................................................. 37 Freight and Passenger Tariffs (Informal) ................................................... "9 Interstate Commerce Commission Cases ....................................................... 39 Senate Concurrent Resolution Number 20 ................................................... 41 Discontinuance of Passenger Train Service (Formal Cases) ....................... 42 Investigation of Railroad Accidents (Informal Cases) ............................... 47 Informal Investig~ions-Saf ety ....................................................................... 49 Accidents at Railroad-Highway Grade Crossings 49 Protection of Railroad-Highway Grade Crossings (Informal Cases) ........................................................................... ·--·· ......... 49 Establishment of New Grade Crossings (Formal Cases) ....................... 51 Formal Complaints ......................................................................................... '54 Informal Complaints-Condition or Protection of Grade Crossings ........................................................................................... 55 Elimination of Railroad-Highway Grade Crossings (Formal Cases) ........................................................................................... )5 Relocation or Widening of Grade Crossings (Formal Cases) ................... 58 Reconstruction of Existing Bridges (Formal Cases) ................................... 59 Reconstruction of Existing Bridges (Informal Cases) ............................... 60 Informal Complaints-Service or Station Facilities ....................................... 60 Informal Complaints-Changes in Train Schedules or Curtailment of Passenger Train Service ................................................... 61 Informal Complaints--Pa.ssenger and Freight Tariffs ............................... 61 Miscellaneous Informal :Matters ..................................................................... 61 Sales of Real Estate ....................................................................................... 61 6 You Are Viewing an Archived Report from the New Jersey State Library TABLE OF CONTENTS--Continued VII MOTOR CARRIERS Page Fare Proceedings ········································································--···················· 63 Applications ........................................................................................................ 64 Interstate Commerce Commission Applications ........................................... 64 Accident Reports ............................................................................................... 65 Safety Activities 65 New Equipment 66 Maintenance .. ... ... ... ... .. .. .. .. ... .. .. .. .. ... .. .. .. .. .. .. 66 Traffic Investigations 66 Operating Schedules 66 Insurance ............................................................................................................ 66 Revision of Specifications . .. .. ... ... ... ... .. .. .. ... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 67 Use of School Buses in Charter Operations ................................................ 67 Reciprocity Agreements .................................................................................... 67 Survey of Autobus Routes .... ..... .. .. .. .. .. ............................................... .. ....... 68 Sales of Property ............................................................................................ 1)8 VIII SEWERAGE UTILITIES Rate Proceedings . .. .. .. .. ... .. .. .. .. ......................................... 69 Sales of Property .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 69 IX UTILITY FINANCE Issuance of Securities 71 Financing of Electric and Gas Utilities Expansion .......... ......... ....... .............. 72 Water Supply and Sewerage Service Utilities Expansion and Financing .............................................................................................. 75 Newly Organized Water and Sewerage Companies ........................................ 76 Financing of Telephone Utility Plant .......................................................... 77 7 You Are Viewing an Archived Report from the New Jersey State Library TABLE OF CONTENTS-Continued APPENDIX Page Table 1-Number of Privately Owned Public Utilities Supplying Utility Service in New Jersey and Under Full Jurisdiction of the Board of Public Utility Commissioners .................................................................................... 78 Table 2-Number of Customers Servel by Utility Companies Under the Full Jurisdiction of the Board of Public Utility Commissioners .................... 79 Table 3-Reported Investment in Utility Plant in New Jersey Public Utility Enterprises Classified by Type of Operation ............................. .......... ..... 80 Table 4-0perating Revenues of New Jern.1y Public Utility Enterprises Classified by Type of Operation .................................................................................... 81 Table 5-0perating Expenses of New Jersey Public Utility Enterprises Classified by Type